縊 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

strangle

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • エイ
Kun (native)
  • くび(る)
  • くび(れる)
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글aeg
  • 한글eui
  • Hán-ViệtẢi

Basics

Strokes
16 strokes
Radical
糸(いと)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+7E0A

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰糸益

Words using this kanji

  • 縊死いし(一般的には、自らの意思で)首を括って死ぬこと。suicide by hanging, hanging oneself
  • 縊るくびる「くびる」参照。to strangle to death
  • 縊首いしゅsuicide by hanging
  • 縊くわなくto hang oneself, to strangle oneself, to wring the neck, to strangle

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(5 results)

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Lookup codes

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